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Hi-diddly do fair blog neighbors! In my first couple years of this blog, I often featured amps that I considered "sleepers" … amps that could be bought for fairly cheap money and deliver more than expected. I think it's time to revive the sleeper-amp concept! Let's dig in with this week's choice, the Bogner Alchemist. Ready? Let's go!
I clearly remember when the Alchemists first appeared in stores like Guitar Center, and the supporting ads in the guitar mags. Man, they really caught my attention, at over a grand or so, they certainly were not inexpensive, but they WERE a lot less than any other amp to bear the Bogner badge. I'd played other Bogner models and knew they were truly top-shelf amps. However, at the time I already had a stable plum packed full of vintage Fender and Marshall amps and had just started making my own glorious tube amps, so I just couldn't justify purchasing an Alchemist.
Fast forward to 2015. The $1000+ Alchemists now routinely sell used for in the $400 range, some as low as $250 to $300 … now that's a DEAL! An Alchemist head showed up in the local Nashville Craigslist for cheap money "or trade". A deal was struck and I finally had an Alchemist! The amp had a highly microphonic pre-amp tube and a tired set of 6L6's, so I did a total re-tube and bias. While I was inside her, I checked for sloppy solder joints or anything else that looked sketchy, and found everything looking excellent. I've heard stories of these things looking kinda sloppy inside, leading to failure, but I can attest to the fact that this one looks excellent, with a layout and design that seems very tech-friendly; more so than most modern PCB construction tube amps. If reliability is a concern, I'd say just take an Alchemist to a decent tech for a quick look-see, but don't expect him to find much to "fix". It's a good solid design and implementation.
By this time Bogner/Line6 had ceased production on the Alchemist line, and I noticed that Bogner was blowing out empty Alchemist 1x12 combo cabinets for a hundred bucks, so I bought one. I figured having the option of a head or 1x12 combo was a plus. As it's turned out, I put her in the 1x12 and haven't looked back. As you might imagine, I tried every speaker imaginable in the cab, and I chose the WGS ET65. This speaker really brings out the uber-rich honest and organic vintage vibe of this amp. It really tips the scales towards making this amp a true top-shelf boutique rig. I can't help but feel as though the Vintage 30 speakers, with their overly charged upper-mid spike, that came stock really did a disservice to these amps.
Okay, so … apart from the afore mentioned poor stock speaker choice, let's talk about why the Alchemist never really got the respect I believe it deserved, and still deserves. In a word, the Alchemist is a race car, and those accustomed to driving more pedestrian vehicles just couldn't handle it. Let's talk about that.
I'm a Fender guy through and through, and I love the way you can take most any vintage Fender amp, set all the controls most anywhere, plug in, and sound great. The Alchemist ain't like that! Here is a quick quiz to see if an Alchemist is right for you. If you answer "no" to any of these questions, stick with something simpler!
There ya go! The long and short of it is this: be prepared to WORK a little more for your ultimate tone. If you get an Alchemist, plan to spend a fair amount of time learning the amp before you take it out on your first gig. Here's what I have found. Yes, channel one in the "clean" setting CAN nail a super fat-n-juicy blackface Super Reverb tone, but ya can't be afraid to twist some knobs. In the "crunch" setting it can totally nail a Marshall Plexi … but again, don't expect to simply flip the switch to crunch and expect it to be there. Same goes for channel two; this channel can go from slightly driven singing Dumble Overdrive to full on Scooped Metal … but again, don't be afraid to do some serious knob twisting and switching.
On to effects. Personally, I find the delay with tap-tempo and digital reverb with hall, plate, and spring settings to be the ultimate choice for a gigging amp … I consider Reverb and Delay to be the "meat & potatoes" of guitar effects … with things like tremolo, phase shifting, etc to be "spice". One area where folks dis on the Alchemist is in the fact that the Reverb and delay intensity changes with the input gain settings. Personally, that doesn't bother me a bit, because it's exactly the same as running a verb & delay pedal in front of a driven tube amp … something I do all the time!
Okay, so is there anything I DON'T like about the amp? Yes, there is one: It's HEAVY! As a 2 6L6 all-tube amp with big-iron transformers and heavy-duty cabs, these things ain't light, but the top-shelf tone, combined with the current bargain-basement prices, make it worth the heavy load-in.
Did you hear that loud "Pop"? For Gibson guitar lovers, it was a sweet sound. Word on the street is that it was the sound of Gibson Guitar's proverbial head popping out of a very, very dark place.
Just in case you, dear reader, are the one guitar player who didn't catch it, Gibson really screwed the pooch in 2015, imposing "improvements" upon almost every model guitar. It was by all accounts guitar atrocities. The most offensive of which were:
Yep, EVERY 2015 model had those awful e-tuners; and what the heck, an "adjustable" zero-fret nut? Flatter frets?? Man, remember those 70's "fretless Wonders"? Ugg. And, who the heck this side of 1989 has been calling for wider necks on Gibson's? I guess the same folks who wanted a compound-radius fingerboard. No one!
To me, the ultimate example of how insane the 2015 line-up was would be the 2015 Les Paul Junior … long the hallmark of striped-down punkish rock energy. Imagine this guitar with its electronic tuners, big adjustable brass zero-fret nut, high-gloss finish, and wide neck with flat frets and a compound radius. Holy crap batman, it looks like an evil guitar villain has been at work. It's like putting automatic transmission, air shocks, and cruise control on a vintage hard-tail Harly!
But today is a new day, as Gibson has just announced a return to the pre-ridiculous 2015 models! Yep, Gibson is gonna scrap such 2015 "improvements" as the Zero nut, Les Paul commemorative headstock inlay and automatic tuning machines on every guitar. The line-up will be similar to that of 2012 including faded finish guitars. Whoo-hoo.
There was one more issue with the Gibson 2015 lineup: the price. All models were priced through the freeking roof, some called it criminal, I just called it stupid, kinda like Gibson saying "we really don't want to sell any more guitars". Again, 2016 brings good news; Gibsons will still be a bit pricey, but will be right back on-par with the pre-insanity 2014 models. On average, this will be about 20-30% below 2015 prices. Woo-hoo again.
So there, Gibson fans relax. For now at least, the craziness has subsided.
Okay, this harkens back to the early days of my blog. I'm basically taking you all along for the ride as I search for the best 10" speaker to pair with my new Quilter amp, a MicroPro Mach II. I fell in love with the Quilter stuff at this Summer's NAMM show in Nashville, and sweet talked them into selling me a head with an EMPTY 10" combo cab so I could choose my own speaker. I'm a tube-amp guy, and I make my own … so my ponying up with some greenbacks on a decidedly solid-state amp is quite a statement! In later blogs I plan to do a full demo on the MicroPro, but for now, it's all about that speaker!
My main objective is to have the amp be as "gigable" as possible. Here are the key points I'm looking at:
I don't have to worry about it simply getting LOUD enough, the MicroPro has plenty of power on tap to ensure I'm heard; the question is, will it be sweeeeet?
The speakers I'll be running through and comparing include:
Okay, y'all watch the video & feel free to gimme your thoughts. I'll warn ya, this is a 38-minute epic, so settle in for the ride.
Every now and then I get a question on the forum something like this: "Speaker A has a listed sensitivity (SPL) of 99-db, and speaker B is listed at 98dB, yet you say speaker B is the louder one … what's up with that". Okay, that's an excellent topic for a blog, let's dig in!
In its pure form, Sensitivity is defined as the speakers' ability to convert power into sound. The standard way of measuring a speakers' sensitivity is using 1 watt/1 meter, meaning a microphone is placed 1 meter away from the speaker to measure the sound output (in decibels) with 1 watt of sound played through it. Man, so many problems with this … where to start?
Most of these measurements are taken at 800Hz or 1000Hz. That only tells you what the speaker's efficiency is in THAT frequency (the heart of midrange). A speaker with an enormous bottom end may have a very un-impressive looking sensitivity spec … but still be VERY impressive in actual use … because a measurement at 800-1000Hz just doesn't address the speakers real strength. In my perfect world, we would use white noise (consisting of all frequencies from 20Hz-20,000Hz in equal amounts) for the SPL measurement … that would help.
Because today's solid state amplifiers do a good job across the board of maintaining a voltage output of 2.83 volts, many companies consider this as their standard of measurement. Here again, 2.83 volts are inputted and measured at 1 meter. [Note: 2.83 volts into an 8 ohm load is equal to 1 watt. Ohm's Law: Power (watts) = Voltage (V) x Current (I) or Power = V_/R (impedance in Ohms)] In the good old days, 1-watt was always 1-watt RMS … today, ya gotta watch out, it may be 2.83 volts! Because a speakers' efficiency in transforming (transducer) power into sound is greatly determined by the impedance of a speaker, (see more on impedance below) 2.83 volts becomes greater … about 1.5 watts at 6 and 2 watts at 4 ohms — a 3dB increase, which to our ears sounds significantly louder.
This is huge, because a speaker's impedance is never a static number; it changes given the frequency it is attempting to reproduce … and it especially fluctuates in tube amps, which "reflect" the speakers impedance to the tubes and vice-versa. Some speaker companies give frequency-specific impedance charts, but this can get confusing, and it still doesn't address the issue fully.
And last; how many guitar players gig using about 1-watt RMS anyway? I'm going to say absolutely none! This is probably the most important of all my points. You see, audio follows a logarithmic, not a linier scale. Check this little chart out of an "AVERAGE" speaker with a rated sensitivity of 97dB:
Power in watts
Volume in dB
At the bottom end, adding just ONE watt (going from 1 to 2-watts) gives you that noticeable 3-db increase in actual volume (Sound pressure level) … but by the time you get up to actual stage levels of say 115dB or so, you are needing to add an extra 60-watts to get that same 3-dB increase. Wow.
Well, first, a guitar player should always take all T/S specs with a grain of salt! Beyond that, we should be more concerned with the sensitivity of a speaker at average gigging levels and at the actual entire frequency range of out instrument. The T/S specs were birthed in 1925, and haven't been updated since 1972. Yes, they still are of some aid, especially when building and/or tuning a speaker cabinet to complement a given speaker … but to consider any T/S spec as the holy bible of speaker performance is a mistake
See Ya'll next week, it's gonna be BIG!
Hi fellow tone seekers, great to be with you once again on this fine day. Hey, hows about we talk "partscasters"? In particular, let's talk about the value of a partscaster in cold, hard cash. Cool, let's dig in.
As I pen this blog, in the summer of 2015, I can say without reservation that the partscaster phenomenon is in full-tilt boogie. From boutique "builders" charging multiple thousands of dollars for their beat-up and bolted together "custom builds" to the average Joe having a little fun in his garage, this trend is huge. Some online music retailers even have a business model based merely on buying complete guitars, dismantling them, and selling the pieces individually. It's hard for me to understand why a guitar … especially an EXCELLENT one like, say, an Eric Johnson Strat, is worth more in pieces than it is as an entire, exquisite instrument, but hey, that's exactly the way it is as of 2015. Go figure. What's up? Let's talk about it.
Least you think this shaping up to be a general bashing of the partscaster movement, now would be a nice time for a confession or two. First, I am currently working with a quality boutique builder, Rock Road Guitars on my own Tele-style build. Not exactly a "partscaster" since he actually carves his own necks, but … Second, I am seriously considering the purchase of a Strat style partscaster from a local hobbyist who simply bolts parts together. So there! No snobbery here, we're just going to ferret out the facts as best we can. And, the two options I just laid out in essence comprise the biggest question: Is it a guitar made by a for-real builder who does some actual woodworking, or a hobbyist who bolts readily available parts together? Either can wind up with a nice guitar, but chances are better with the former.
Now, I'm not going to name names, but I am aware of quite a large number of boutique "builders" who simply bolt off-the-shelf parts together, "relic" them, and sell them as a multi-thousand dollar piece of artwork. Personally, I don't get that … and from what I have witnessed, those guitars on the used market bring about 20 to 25 cents on the dollar of what you pay for them new. I.e.: your $2000 "custom" Strat has a real-world value of about $400-500. How about a guitar put together in a garage with components all sourced from somewhere like All-Parts or Stew-Mac? Well, you're probably going to end up with a minimum of about $400-500 in the parts, and if you do a nice job of putting it together, it'll be a guitar worth about that much on the open market … especially if you put a Fender water-slide decal on the headstock … or better yet, have your own decals made, and call it a "boutique custom build".
Let's talk about that $400-500 price range. Although the sky seems to be the limit when placing an order with a custom builder, from what conversations I've had with fellow Nashville guitar players, and what I've seen on the forums, there seems to be a consensus that five hundred bucks is about the most people feel comfortable paying for a "partscaster" on the USED market. And, to pay this price, ya gotta be in LOVE with it. In a way that's too bad, the honest truth is that the average $500 partscaster … even bolted together by a rank armature … is far superior to a "Standard" made-in Mexico Strat. I mean, it's almost impossible to actually BUY electronics and pickups as poor as what's in a Mexi-strat, unless you buy direct from Chinese mills! But, on the flip side, I get it; once the partscaster hits the real-world, it's just plain an unknown commodity, even if it is comprised of quality "parts". Even those with botique decals are often seen as mearly "off-brand" by the vast majority of the general guitar buying public.
Okay, so there, I've went ahead and said it: five hundred bucks, pay more than that for a "Tele" or "Strat" that's been bolted together by someone other than a Fender employee in the USA and you need to be prepared to lose money on it if you ever sell it. So the question is why would you (or anyone for that matter) ever want to pay more than that? That's easy, because you LOVE the guitar! It speaks to you in the voice of a true love. It whispers your name and gives you inspiration. It's your one true muse. When you find this instrument, "resale value" has no place in the conversation; you're gonna be buried with this guitar. Your wife will complain that you "love that guitar more than you love me", and she'll be right. So there, I think we've arrived at our final value: five hundred bucks max … unless love is involved.
See Ya'll next week.
I recently received an email from one of my pickup affectionados in Germany asking a question that I realized is of ULTIMATE importance in Strat tone: "what is the best distance from the pickup to the strings for the best results?" Now that's a question EVERYONE who owns or works on Strat's NEEDS to know the answer to!
I need to make it clear that I am talking about real-deal vintage pickups and real-deal quality pickups like the ones made by Jason Lollar, Curtis Novak, Lindy Fralin, And myself. Those crappy Ceramic Bars glued next to steel slug things that come standard in so many Strat's and Strat copies today cannot really be made to sound good, so a trip to the waste-basket is the only course of treatment for them.
I prefer to use a digital caliper to take measurements, but a quality luthier's ruler will do fine if you have excellent vision! I also should mention that these measurements should be taken from the High & Low E POLE-PIECES, not the plastic cover. Okay, so with no further ado, here are my suggestions and reasons why.
Bridge pickup:
Low E: 3.80mm / 0.149"
Hi E : 4.74mm / 0.186"
Often people will place the bridge pickup too high (close to the strings), with a VINTAGE set this destroys the tone, making it sound too narrow, focused, brittle, and harsh. The reason so many folks get used to placing this pickup as close as possible to the strings is because many of the currently made Strat pickups are muddy and severely lacking in the characteristic chime and sparkle we all love in a Strat! As with all truly fine Strat sets, my pickups certainly do NOT suffer from this lack of sparkle!
Middle Pickup:
Low E: 4.75mm / 0.186"
Hi E : 4.13mm / 0.163"
Here, for me, it's all about making the middle pickup truly magical when combined with the neck or bridge pickup (positions 2 & 4). Yes, these measurements sound exquisite when using the middle pickup all by itself, but it REALLY brings out the glassy, airy beauty that folks crave in the "in-between" positions on a Strat!
Neck Pickup:
Low E: 5.25mm / 0.207"
Hi E : 4.37mm / 0.172"
This is actually a very standard placement, and about where most Strats will come set from the factory. There are three goals here. First, we want a great "SRV" type tone that sings beautifully and does not fall apart into mud even with EXTREME amounts of gain added (think dual daisy-chained Tube Screamers). Second, we want to be able to roll the tone back a little and have a truly rewarding experience playing big Jazz chords and lines. And last, we want to ensure it blends perfectly with the middle pickup for that air and glass we mentioned.
Over the decades I've owned a fair number of what I call "big Boy" Les Pauls; you know, the kind with full binding, extra-glossy finishes, and multi-thousand dollar price tags. I have failed to bond with any of them in a sufficient enough manner to justify my keeping them. It's quite possible that the problem is that I'm just downright spoiled. You see, I've had opportunity to possess … but never actually own … several 58 and 59 Pauls. That WILL spoil you, they really are THAT good. Okay, let's cut to the chase … A couple months back a buddy of mine asks me what I know about the vintage "Burny" Les Pauls. All I knew is that they existed, and that there has been some chatter about them being quite good. It just so happened that I was exhibiting at a guitar show that very weekend, and so I asked around, and in fact played several Burnys. It's hard to tell on a show floor, but yea, they seemed quite nice, and the fact that they had asking prices from about $700 to over a grand indicated that they were not your run of the mill 70s/80s Gibson knock-off. Actually, the fact that they even appeared in the booths of strictly vintage dealers alongside real-deal holy-grail Pauls spoke volumes!
Which brings us to the guitar on display here. After a week or two my buddy acquired a Burney to his liking and brought it over to the studio for me to check out. I was flat blown away. In every possible way, this "les Paul" is magnificent. It's neck profile is dead-on to a '59, not as thin as what Gibby is currently calling the "slim-taper 60s profile", but not as thick as what they call the "50s profile". No, it's just plain perfect, it's the profile EVERY Les Paul affectionado lusts after. Actually, EVERYTHING about the guitar just flat feels right. The weight, balance, action, and intonation are impeccable, and the pickups sound better than anything Gibson's made this side of about 1965. I wish I could tell you more about these guitars, but they are new to me, and I'm not anywhere close to an expert. However, a little google search will put you in the camp of plenty of experts in a hurry. What I CAN do is tell you a little more about what impresses me so much about this particular example. And by the way, I can't even tell you much of anything about the pedigree of this particular guitar, as there are no markings inside or outside other than the Burny logo! It was sold as a 1980s model, and so we assume it is. There, that's about all I can tell ya, PLEASE … y'all feel free to leave some comments if you can shed some light on this instrument!
The first thing that stood out to me was the fact that the binding encased the fret edges, just like a bound-fingerboard Gibson.
The knobs have a magnificent aged amber look.
All the plastic has aged (or came that way) in a most deep and luscious way.
The truss-rod cover looks a little goofy.
She's sweet. I hope my buddy isn't looking to get her back any time soon :-)
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Hi gang! Sooo, this is a bit of a last minute addition. I just finished a set of fully custom pickups for a Gibson SG-Z bass; it was a TON of R&D to get that design to actually sound good, but man-oh-man did I get there! I was going to blog about THAT … but then in comes this fantastic video of our buddy Daniel at WGS upgrading WGS boss-man David's MIM Tele, and … well … I just HAD to blog about it. So cool! First, watch this short video, then … let's talk about Tele upgrades!
Cool, huh? THIS is exactly why I make pickups. Really, it's the same philosophy as with WGS speakers, and it goes something like this:
"Budget" guitars are now the best playing they have EVER been. Thanks to cheap yet skilled labor in places like Mexico and Indonesia, coupled with modern CNC machining, $200 - $300 can now buy a really good guitar. The problem is, the manufactures put all their money into what folks can SEE (and maybe FEEL) … NOT what they HEAR! And so it is that the weak link in a modern budget guitar is the part that actually makes the sound … the pickup!"
In a way, that's okay, because the average 12 year old getting their first guitar wouldn't know holy-grail tone from holy-crap tone. However, in another way that's just plain disturbing. I mean, think about it. That kid may just stick with the guitar, get good, join a band, and turn into a REAL player … and then, what? I guess he's just supposed to buy a more EXPENSIVE guitar if he wants decent tone. Or worse yet, maybe he gets so accustomed to bad tone that he just accepts it as standard fare.
Or … our young friend can take that lovely guitar they have now bonded with and turn her into a totally flat-out pro level tone machine! Yea, how about that, baby?
Thing is, it's really quite simple to do. It comes down to this: 1. Have a good pro-level set-up done, including fret dressing and precise intonating, and 2. Put in a truly GREAT set of pickups (even most American Made guitars will not include truly GREAT pickups), and maybe replace the tone capacitor(s) and volume and tone pots while you're in there. What you wind up with in the end is a guitar that can stand toe-to-toe with a $10,000+ vintage "Holy-Grail" level instrument for a total investment of maybe five hundred bucks!
Okay, so here are the few "secrets" … just details really … that I've came up with over the decades.
Folks, the truth is, many pro players are now in agreement that instruments like the Squire "Classic Vibe" Telecasters and Stratocasters are as good as an American Standard Fender or better. I agree, at least once you have done steps 1-5 above, and your total investment will be way less than an American Fender. That's why so many pros riding out of Nashville on big busses have MIM Fenders, Squires, and Epiphones riding in the luggage bay below the buss. Why take a stupidly valuable guitar out when you just flat don't need to?
Howdy friends! Sooo, today I was researching a couple guitars, to see if the ones I just picked up used were indeed the good buys I thought they were (An Epiphone Les Paul Plus Top PRO/FX and a Gibson Les Paul Future Tribute) . Now, I generally go straight to reviews from places like Musicians Friend and Sweetwater to see what other buyers of a particular guitar have to say about it. And, as is always the case, I felt that some of the buyers/reviewers just don't understand the whole "mail-order" guitar concept. Let's discuss that.
First, if you only remember ONE THING from this blog, remember this: If a guitar is shipped to you, you should EXPECT that it will need at least a rudimentary set-up. This is even more so the case in extreme weather conditions (read my blog on cold-weather guitar care).
Man, I get tired of people complaining that a guitar arrived at their doorstep from a thousand miles away and actually needed a setup. DUDE, get a clue! If a guitar spends the better part of a week (or more) in an un-climate controlled truck traveling through massive changes in temperature, pressure, and humidity, chances are good that it will need a little tweaking on the set-up. If by chance it arrives with the setup just exactly the way you personally like it, then consider it a big bonus, but do not take it for granted as what you can usually expect.
Which of course leads me to the next piece of this set-up rant: personal preference. Fact is, one man's barely playable guitar is another man's dream set-up. Personal preference is an opinion, it's not a fact.
So, here are some areas that you can EXPECT a guitar to need a little love in after a long and trying journey to arrive at your door. If you feel insecure addressing any of these, take it to a qualified and recommended luthier.
Okay, so … how about those things that do NOT change in shipping and therefore SHOULD be mentioned in a review. It's totally okay to be subjective here, since these are all items that folks will like or hate to varying degrees
Oh, and when reviewing a guitar on-line, please list your experience and musical style. And for those reading reviews, take this important info into account. The reviews I give the most weight to are those that come from pro players with at least a couple decades under their belts, and preferably in many genres. The "this is my first guitar and I play metal" review is generally one I skip over! Nuff said, now go buy a guitar.


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Last week I, along with an international group of scientists, published a study in the journal Climatic Change in which we found that the hottest summer days (24 hour periods) in the Central Valley were twice as likely to occur due to climate change. Heat waves in California's Central Valley have become progressively more severe in recent decades due to higher humidity and warmer nighttime temperatures. Observations obtained from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center show that Central Valley nighttime temperatures were nearly 2°F (1°C) warmer in the 2000s compared to the 1901-1960 average and even higher for the whole of California (see plot below). Read More
Crazy Hot Days, Crazy Warm Nights: A New Study on Climate Change in California's Central Valley
August 21st, 2015
Heat and Humidity, Climate Change, and the Future of the World Cup
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A curious thing happened in the USA-Portugal match last Tuesday, played deep in the Amazon jungle in the city of Manaus. The players took a 1-minute break to drink some fluids. This was a new rule instituted by FIFA, the world's soccer governing body, to allow players to recover during a match. Read More
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The exceptional heat in Southern California and the dangerous wildfires occurring since May 13 may be a sign of climate change given their severity and timing. As of Friday, May 16, over 10,000 acres have burned throughout Southern California and several locations have surpassed previous temperature records. Read More
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The National Climate Assessment (NCA) makes an important statement: the trends in heat waves for the western U.S. are alarmingly clear and pose a major threat for the local population. Heat waves are becoming more common and more severe in this region and their increase in frequency and severity is consistent with a warming world. Read More
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While a lot of folks are rightly focused on the House-Senate budget collision in D.C. right now, I've been thinking (as is my wont) about collisions of a different sort: between power plants and the rivers and lakes they depend on. Read More
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As Labor Day approaches, my occupational health roots always come to the fore. And today's warnings from the National Weather Service about dangerously hot conditions in areas of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Iowa beg reflection on the toll excessive heat takes on workers – and others who live in affected areas. The tragedy is that these serious heat-related health impacts are preventable. Read More
Dangerous Summer Heat on the Rise in the Midwest
July 30th, 2012
We couldn't have chosen more appropriate weather (hot!) to mark the release of our report looking at changing summer heat in the Midwest. Millennium Park in Chicago was just beginning to get really hot and Crown Fountain crowded as we discussed the summer heat trends that Chicago has experienced over the past 60 or so years. A true "DT" day, indeed. (You'll have to read the report to find out what that means. No spoilers here). The report finds that, on average, summer weather is changing in ways that increase the risk of heat-related health impacts in large Midwestern cities, including Chicago, Minneapolis, Detroit, St. Louis, and Cincinnati. Read More

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ANNAPOLIS | When Gerald Winegrad was a child, he played baseball on grassy fields behind St. Mary's Catholic Church and School in downtown Annapolis.
Over the years, as the church congregation and school enrollment grew, those grounds were paved over and turned into parking lots. Those lots now serve as a highway for rainwater, sending it rushing into nearby Spa Creek, where it deposits chemicals, nutrients and sediment and fouls the water.
Now there has been effort to undo some of that damage. With a grant from the state government, a partnership installed nine rain gardens to absorb and treat the storm water.
"This is hopefully just the beginning," said Anne Guillette of Low Impact Design Studio in Pasadena, who drew up the plans for the rain gardens.
Curbs were cut away to direct water into the scooped-out areas, which were filled with water-loving plants. The rain gardens allow the storm water to percolate gradually into the groundwater, just as it did before the area was paved over.
"They will capture the runoff," said Mr. Winegrad, a former state senator who heads the St. Mary's environmental stewardship committee.
The work was largely being paid for with a $104,000 grant from the state's Chesapeake Bay 2010 Trust Fund. Initially called the "green fund," the fund is a pot of money for on-the-ground pollution-control projects. The church also kicked in at least $5,000, besides volunteer labor. Students at the school water and maintain the plants.
The parking lot at St. Mary's was identified as a potential project during a study of the creek watershed that was commissioned by the Spa Creek Conservancy. It's large and therefore sends a significant amount of pollution to the creek.
Volunteers with the conservancy worked on the project with the St. Mary's environment committee, the Redemptorists who own the land and the folks who operate the historic Charles Carroll House next door, where one of the rain gardens will be located.
There also were additional layers of approval because of the site's historic nature. Another complicating factor was that the church needed to make sure no parking spaces would be lost in the project.
Shepherding the project through all the approvals was Spa Creek Conservancy volunteer Mel Wilkins. He said that in urban cities and towns such as Annapolis, doing these kind of "retrofits" is the best way to help the environment.
The project at St. Mary's is one of several retrofits coordinated by Spa Creek Conservancy volunteers. Heritage Baptist Church on Forest Driver already has rain gardens, and projects are in the works with the Rockfish restaurant in Eastport and the St. Anne's Parish House near St. Mary's.


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Even When Bill Ackman Loses, He Makes A 77-Fold Return
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1UP: When you prepared to start shooting and thinking about the story and casting, are you playing the game?
Yeah, absolutely. It's part of the preparation, it's reading those character books...we're shooting again, can you wait one second? [Arrows firing in background, swords clashing, lots of loud noises...Boll yells "CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT."] So, I'm back. Yeah, for the preparation, talking with the game company talking with the creators is very important.
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Yeah, in between, not during the shoot. Like, I do normally one movie per year, but I have like not enough time around it, but I have time to play games. I have an Xbox at home, and so right now I played Postal on PC.
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[laughs] We'll do it the same! I think Postal's hilarious because at the same time - wait one second - so [laughs] - Postal could be a movie that's like Falling Down but more as a satire, more as a thing where you can actually laugh about it also. I think why Postal is so successful and fun to play is always you have to do it with a smile on your face, and not like you're a racist or I'm a friend of masochist or whatever, so I think this is the key to making a good Postal game is to keep that ironic tone in it. Then it could be really interesting because a genre like this I've never done before. It's placed in the real world in a shitty town and not in a fantasy world or something.
1UP: You said hardcore fans are the ones who are over critical, too close to the material. You said read the message boards, you read the threads. Is there stuff you take away from it where you say 'yeah, they do make a point here.'
Totally. I see tons of mistakes in House of the Dead and I know what I would do different in Alone in the Dark. This is the reason I read it also. I really care about the fan bases. I go off and talk with the people, and no movie is perfect and in the House of the Dead case, if you really break it down, if you see that movie again, this
I jumped into the project two moths before we started doing it. It was a script from a different production company already locked in with the rights with Sega, so it was take it or leave it. I only made 50% of the cheesy dialogue on set and it's still totally cheesy because there are no characters! A group of actors who were - let's say maximum, okay - that's it! I think in Alone in the Dark already we are in way better shape in a way with Stephen Dolf and Christian Slater because they're actually good actors with a better script, and in BloodRayne we elevated it up. I didn't spend too much time at work in the development process of House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark [and] I blame myself for this.
There are a few story points or story holes open, but those movies are technical A-list, there's nothing that doesn't look like Texas Chainsaw from Michael Bay or something, there's not 1% difference in how we do the effects or sounds or setup. The first movie I actually really went into the development process was BloodRayne, so I'm curious to see now that I'm almost finished with the movie, to see what the reviews say then or what the people tell me about it then. I'm quite happy with it, script and everything, and I cannot really say I see a lot of mistakes in that movie right now. So, there's the thing, step by step, every movie gets better.
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I'm a huge fan of Hitman and Silent Hill, but both movies are getting made now. [laughs] But I'm looking forward to seeing the movies, but I think the other properties I have are very interesting and very commercial and may be successful, but Postal I'm definitely looking forward to this. This is like my favorite project right now.
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I'm actually doing something like this now developing with Gas Powered the game for the movie. So, this is stuff that I'm really excited about developing the digital rooms, [and] so we deliver stuff [what] they need for the game. It's very interesting and we're talking about Crytech some kind of tie-in with Far Cry if it's possible.
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Apparently, this medication is used to prevent blood clots? I did check the interactions and this is what was found. I couldn't find any specific warnings but as suggested, please consult with your pharmacist to be on the safe side. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
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If I have a little girl I plan on naming her Sonja Michael, is Michael an okay middle name for a girl?
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It's fine, my mother grew up in the 70's and know of four or five girls named Michael (first name). They all grew up to be decent and professional women, no issues about their names. I know two girls named Michael (18 yo and 3 yo).
Honestly it's a middle name so it doesn't really matter much in the long run. It's a beautiful name, go for it.
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"Father, bless me for I have sinned, I did an original sin… I poked a badger with a spoon."
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i love it! but i tend to love any "boy" name for girls. one of my best friends in HS was Michael and she loved her name! if you love it, then stick with it!!
I didn't say Michael was pretty, I said Michal was pretty.
I think of a girl when I see Michal or even when i hear it since it is my SIL's name.
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The Fox Point Police Department said they've had several complaints of burned Walker signs and in response, they plan to put out extra patrols.
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Just registered and I've searched all over tinterwebs to try and find an answer to my question, but unfortunately, the info was inconclusive and, err, ancient.
Just picked up a Dynax 5 35mm slr.
A couple of days ago, I put new batteries in, as the ones in it were flat. It fired up fine and I had a quick check over the lens and controls. I then switched the camera off and put it to one side. It was completely off - I check these things. Today, I picked it up to have a wander round and take a few pics, and all I got was a half-battery signal in the lcd and no power. I took the batteries out and checked the contacts - fine. Took the lens off - contacts clean, no foreign objects in the body - put the lens back on. Switched on, same result. Switched off and on again, a couple more times. Each time, no joy.
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I've chucked in a fresh set of batteries and it fired up and worked fine, so I swapped in one of the supposedly knackered batteries and it fired up again, using either of them. Bizarre...
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Salem band to march in Washington, D.C., parade
SALEM — The Salem High School marching band and color guard is no stranger to prestigious events, having marched in the Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl and Macy's Thanksgiving Day parades.
In April 2015, the band will return to Washington, D.C., for the National Cherry Blossom Festival parade for the first time since 1968.
"They've invited 15 bands to the parade, and we're one of them," said band director Marty Claussen.
The 1968 parade was to be one of the first major events the storied band and color guard took part in, but instead, the band found itself on the edges of history in that historically tumultuous year.
The band, which had raised money to travel to Washington, D.C., in 1968 to take part in the parade, found itself in the national capital at the time of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Claussen said he recently spoke to someone who was a chaperone on that 1968 trip about the experience.
"They were down in Washington, D.C., doing some sightseeing and (the students and staff) were at the Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian," said Claussen. "The chaperone stepped outside to get some fresh air and noticed a strange orange glow in the sky."
The chaperone saw a police officer standing nearby and asked what that glow was. The police officer told the chaperone that King had been assassinated and that the orange glow was fire from rioting in the city.
"The chaperone went back in and got the staff together, and they put the students on the bus and took them back to the hotel," said Claussen. The decision was then made that the band would leave the city and not march in the parade.
To this day, Claussen said many former band members from 1968 talk about that day.
"It's neat that we were extended the invitation and we can try to finish what they started," said Claussen.
The details of the 2015 trip are just beginning to take shape, but Claussen said the school will use the same travel agency it has used for past trips to the Fiesta and Rose Bowls.
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